PART A: YOUR STATUS SET, ROLES, AND ROLE PROBLEMS
1) Status Set:
a) List a status set that includes at least ve
statuses that you currently have.
• Remember: A status is simply a position you ll in society. It may be a job title, but it could also include a position you ll within a family or a community. For more information, review Section 4.3 in your webtext.
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b) Label each status in your status set as ascribed, achieved, or master.
• Remember: An ascribed status is one you’re born with and have no control over. An achieved status is reached through your own efforts or simply good or bad luck. A master status is so important that it overrides your other statuses. For more information, review Section 4.3 in your webtext.
2) Roles:
• Remember: A role is the behavior expected of someone with a certain status. For more information, review Section 4.4 in your webtext.
3) Role Con ict:
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PART B: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND POSITIVE IMPRESSIONS
1) Social Networks:
A social network includes all of the relationships that link you to other people and groups. Through social networks, you can connect with people who may be able to offer you valuable advice, introductions, or op- portunities.
a) Identify an area of interest that you would like
to pursue, either professionally or personally. It could be a job or industry, a volunteer position, or a social group.
• Examples: accounting, volunteering with the elderly, joining a book club
b) Identify and describe three people in your social network (people you know personally) who
have a connection, or might know someone connected to your area of interest. These three people may be work colleagues, family members, or close friends.
• Remember: For privacy reasons, do not list their names in this assignment. Instead, identify them as Person A, B, and C.
c) For each person, write a brief description of why you selected them, and how they are connected to your area of interest.
d) Identify the person who you think is the best contact for you to communicate with about your area of interest. Why did you choose that person?
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2) Positive Impressions:
When you interact with other people in your social networks, you usually want to make a positive impression on them. Online, you can do that by using certain strategies when you create pro les.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
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• Include a cover page containing the title of the assign- ment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

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